With his right arm in a cast, Paul Ohm looks more like the baseball ruffian of his youth than the scholarly college president of 30 years.

"I broke several bones as a child," Ohm says. "It was usually sliding or collisions."

to the ice and will be without the use of his right arm for a few more weeks. Don't worry, he's left-handed.

And the injury hasn't slowed his major hobby. When asked what he's reading, Ohm rattles off several titles.

"I'm a voracious reader. I'm reading a mystery story - a Jonathan Kellerman story, which is a psychological thriller. I'm reading a biography of Benjamin Franklin," he says, adding that he has one of Thomas Jefferson queued up. "I like to read science fiction a lot - I read Isaac Asimov."

When he's not reading and he's not working, Ohm, and his wife of 41 years, Sharon, visit their five children and three grandchildren. Sometimes that means traveling to Detroit, Florida or New York. Traveling is nothing new for the Pittsburgh son.

"I'm a native Pennsylvanian, and I've done missionary work in Ohio and Michigan," he laughs.

How did you find your way into academia?

Cleveland is where Ohm began his teaching career, instructing English and reading in the public school system at the junior high and high school levels. From there, he became president of Belmont Technical College in Ohio.

"I ended up at Kellogg Community College in 1986. I retired from that in 2004."

But not for long. Soon after, Miller founding President Arthur Angood petitioned Ohm to lead the new senior college. With more than 30 years of presidential experience, Ohm still finds this position unlike any other.

"It's private - that's a big difference because I've always worked in the public, and public universities have a source of funds ...," Ohm says. "The second thing is a lot of the laws that apply to public education don't apply to private education. Your responsibilities to the public when you don't take public money are very different. Board meetings are not public meetings, for example."

Do you watch TV?

"I watch very little commercial television," Ohm says. "I like to watch old movies, and I'll watch some science fiction stuff on TV. I like to watch Nascar.

"Years ago, I did some racing - drag racing in Ohio. I pitted for a guy who was a sportscar racer."

But for hobbies, baseball remains Ohm's first love. Though it's been years since he played on Pittsburgh's community team, he has not put down his glove for good.

"You have this mental image of yourself, and you really still think you can peel off a curve ball ...," he says, "and it's really hard to hit when you have bifocals. I've got a grandson now, so I'll have to get ready for that."

And he hopes to have more time for such pursuits soon.

"I'd like to retire in the near future. I'm really trying to spend more time with my grandchildren," Ohm says. "I'm really the only one who can teach them baseball. You know that, right?"